Well I know I am doing this a day early but I am just going to get it over with. I actually came to enjoy the book. To be anouse I actually read this book back to front. . . the first time in a while, but i really did enjoy it. I like how you really don't know what is really or even if any of it is, Its kind of like a mystery, and most of the time ( Read more... )

Well I think the reason why O' Brien wrote this book was to get his opinion of the war out. Not a lot of people experience war and when they watch a movie they see it in "Hollywood's" point of view. O'brien was actually there and experienced it him self, So to here what he has to say it quite interesting, but then again its fiction so you have no ( Read more... )

Ahhhh I am sad because break is almost over. NO MORE SCHOOL! Well anyway about the prompt.Well the book says that whole thingy about the book being fiction except for some incidents, names, and characters. Which to me is like it is pretty much is real. While reading the book that statement confuses me, because it says that it is fiction but then it ( Read more... )

I am confused out of my FREAKING MIND! ahhh! i don't even know what I am writing about, but I guess I will try ( Read more... )

In my opinion The Things They Carried is true but true in the way of the thought that it came from.(Sorry it that sounds confusing ( Read more... )

Well I am not totally sure on what to write about shame, but I'll try. I guess shame really plays a huge part in war. If it was not for O'Brien's shame would he have gone to war. Shame played a huge role in O'Brien going to the war even though he was going against his morals. Tim was not the only soldier effected my shame. Lieutenant Cross was ( Read more... )

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Well I am going to make this short and sweet. . . I am kind of in a rush.For me it is quite hard to get involved with a book, but this book caught my attention. The main issue that really caught my attention was why Lieutenant Jimmy Cross gave up his "love" for Martha? Althought he did not know if it was false love or not,but he just gave up. Was ( Read more... )